Well... I didn't actually do this today, I had a shop do it. Both exhaust manifold gaskets needed replacing on the 455HO in the 'Bandit' Suburban, so I bought a pair of Remflex gaskets and had them installed. It's a nasty job even on a lift. I have to admit to feeling too old to tackle it from a creeper.
I can't complain about the gaskets- the engine was built in '93- 31 years and lord knows how many miles ago! I've put 50,000 miles on it without ever needing to get into the engine.
What I did do on my Pontiac today was continue machining stuff to convert the lakester's broken four cylinder hemi Pontiac to a two-cylinder. Rather than source a smaller blower, I'll keep the huge 14-71, but underdrive it a bunch more (about 19% of crank speed) . This requires a 2-stage belt drive, so I'm almost finished machining a jackshaft arrangement. Keeping with the low-budget approach, and using spare parts, I'll only need to buy a couple of belts.
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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons?
... or has built a record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac?
... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967)
Last edited by Jack Gifford; 04-20-2024 at 12:52 AM.
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